There's a very useful idiom: "The wheels are coming off."
That's not a description of the campaign of President Barack Obama. Yet. But if the past two weeks are any indication, it's time for the campaign to check the lug nuts.
It started a couple of weeks ago when Vice President Joe Biden forced Obama to join him in endorsing gay marriage. The White House - through the campaign staff - tried to pass the word that Biden's statement on a Sunday show was a trial balloon.
When the Earth did not cease spinning on its axis, the...











(Which may explain why he's there in the first place...)
(Which may explain why he's there in the first place...)